On December 10 the opening ceremony of the Yangchow Baptist Hospital was celebrated with due festivity. In spite of inclement weather, nearly 300 Chinese gentlemen assembled at 10.30 a.m. in the gaily decorated chapel, after having partaken of tea and refresnments.
The Rev. E. F. Tatum opened the meeting with prayer followed by the singing of the National Hymn, after which Mr. Shuen, head as. sistant in the hospital, gave a brief resume of the history and work of the institution since its founding in 1903. Dr. Macklin of Nanking, who as "Ma Ling Shien Shen" is perhaps, to the Chinese, the best known foreigner in the province, speaking on the subject of the "Need for the Medical Education of the Masses," charmed his audience by his apt quotation of Chinese proverbs and classics, and by the fluency of his cultured diction. Mr. Teo Kueh-ren, retiring president of the Chamber of. Tommerce, then spoke with many courteous phrases about the frie relations existing betw America and China. Mr. Ren, principal of the Fifth Normal School, also spoke.
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